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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>2009/2010: Arnold, Burr, Biden, Specter</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/21/1939364.aspx</link><description>CALIFORNIA: George Will hails the voters in the state for rejecting those budget ballot measures and wonders if Obama ends up bailing out the state. "California's voters are complicit in their state's collapse. They elect and reelect the legislators off</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)</generator><item><title>2009/2010: Arnold, Burr, Biden, Specter</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/21/1939364.aspx#1939384</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 13:20:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1939384</guid><dc:creator>Eric, Salinas, CA</dc:creator><description>That pseudointellectual George Will knows nothing about our state of CA as he forgets that these Nightmare Propositions that us voters rejected were brought about by his pal Arnold. &amp;nbsp;It's been Arnold and a handful of repugnant ones state legislators that have kept our state in the red, not to mention repugnant one governor pete wilson who deregulated our energy market. &amp;nbsp;We can't wait to rid ourselves of the tinseltown flake who has wrecked our state's economy and budget!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Burr in the Behind's clueless medical plan is nothing but rehashed tax credits plan they've always pushed. &amp;nbsp;Nothing new here in the way of ideas, just more of the same old song and dance about tax cuts that will never help the 47 million uninsured who can't afford being ripped off by private insurance companies.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Terminate Arnold's Reign of Economic Terror!</description></item><item><title>2009/2010: Arnold, Burr, Biden, Specter</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/21/1939364.aspx#1939408</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 13:32:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1939408</guid><dc:creator>newdayDawning</dc:creator><description>California voters are to blame for the mess. &amp;nbsp;It started in the 70's with Prop 13. &amp;nbsp;If you want services you had better pay for them. &amp;nbsp;I have sympathy for any governor in CA, the job is impossible as long as everything can wind up on the ballot there. &amp;nbsp;Why should the Fed bail CA out when the voters have no interest in paying their own way? &amp;nbsp;I am a native CA who left the state, would love to return, but won't until they get a grip on their own responsibilities. &amp;nbsp;What should happen now is that the budget should be cut to the bone. &amp;nbsp;Until the selfish out there start to be affected, nothing will change. &amp;nbsp;That won't happen, the voters will put it all back on the ballot.</description></item><item><title>2009/2010: Arnold, Burr, Biden, Specter</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/21/1939364.aspx#1939448</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 13:48:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1939448</guid><dc:creator>Tom, San Bernardino</dc:creator><description>Perhaps California shouldn't govern by ballot initiative. &amp;nbsp; Voters aren't going to be making hard budget choices, that's what legislators are for. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And Eric in Salinas, while I pretty much already know the answer to this question, have you even LOOKED at the GOP health care plan? &amp;nbsp;It's actually pretty good. &amp;nbsp;</description></item></channel></rss>